Table B. Reliability Estimates of State Totals: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Coefficient 
of variation 
(percent) 
Item 
Total 
Coefficient 
of variation 
(percent) 
Selected crops harvested: - Con. 
Selected crops harvested: - Con. 
Wheat, winter 
farms 
326 
6.8 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
farms 
962 
6.4 
acres 
13,015 
7.5 
acres 
7,647 
3.5 
Wheat, durum 
farms 
- 
- 
Potatoes 
farms 
373 
8.9 
acres 
- 
- 
acres 
1,028 
2.7 
Wheat, spring 
farms 
13 
10.3 
Tomatoes in the open 
farms 
527 
7.8 
acres 
503 
3.4 
acres 
225 
8.7 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
41,710 
7.1 
Sweet corn 
farms 
389 
7.2 
acres 
9,301,594 
1.3 
acres 
3,393 
7.8 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
26 
16.7 
Lettuce 
farms 
68 
19.6 
acres 
751 
11.1 
acres 
17 
24.0 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
Land in orchards 
farms 
752 
13.6 
acres 
- 
- 
acres 
2,974 
16.5 
Cotton 
farms 
- 
- 
Apples 
farms 
348 
15.5 
acres 
- 
- 
acres 
1,146 
17.1 
Peanuts 
farms 
- 
- 
Grapes 
farms 
408 
10.7 
acres 
- 
- 
acres 
1,095 
11.6 
Barley 
farms 
79 
13.5 
Oranges 
farms 
- 
- 
acres 
2,153 
8.1 
acres 
- 
- 
Oats 
farms 
2,594 
4.4 
Almonds 
farms 
- 
- 
acres 
57,259 
2.6 
acres 
- 
- 
Land in berries 
farms 
405 
6.9 
Forage - land used for all hay and all 
acres 
679 
16.7 
haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
26,219 
6.6 
acres 
996,316 
8.1 
Farms with production expenses equal to market value of agricultural products sold, government payments, and farm-related income are included as farms with gains of less than $1 ,000. 
2 Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm. 
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2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
